Chapter 146 - Personal TestingXiang Yun"s arrival very quickly attracted the attention of these guards. Everyone looked over and saw that it was actually the Crown Prince. Their first reaction was, they were definitely seeing things!
This was because it had been quite a few years since the Crown Prince"s estate had been built, and he had never come to watch them cultivate. Thus, when he suddenly saw Xiang Yun"s figure, many people couldn"t help but wipe their eyes in disbelief.
However, the person before them was still the same. For a moment, everyone stood up in shock and looked at Xiang Yun!
The captain of the guards saw that the opportunity was right and hurriedly scolded, "What are you standing there in a daze for? Can"t you see that the Crown Prince"s Palace is here? Hurry up and greet him!"
The guards felt as if they had awakened from a dream and were about to kneel down and pay their respects!Seeing this, Xiang Yun waved his hand to stop them, "There"s no need to go through so much trouble. What are you greeting me for? I"m just here to see how everyone is doing with their training. Do whatever you need to do, don"t worry about me."
Having said that, the guards didn"t dare to be negligent and immediately resumed their cultivation after greeting them. Moreover, they put in a lot of effort to cultivate. After all, the crown prince had personally come to inspect, so how could they not exert 120% of their strength?
Meanwhile, the captain of the guards had already hurried over to Xiang Yun"s side, a simple and honest smile on his face."Your Highness, why are you so free? You came to the training ground for us boorish men. This place reeked of the sour smell of a dirty man. Please don"t smoke your highness!"
As everyone knew, His Highness the crown prince liked the fragrance, especially the fragrance of women. This was the smell of the sweat of men. This was also the reason why the crown prince had never come here before.However, Xiang Yun merely smiled and shook his head, "It"s fine. I just have nothing else to do. I"ve come to check on how your training"s progressing."
"Hehe, your highness, you"re too considerate. I"m surnamed You, and I"m the captain of the second squad. Under my leadership, our team will come here to train every day on time, so our brothers" strength will increase quite quickly!"
While reporting his work to the leader, this Team Leader You didn"t forget to add himself to the credit book. He gave a faint smile to the cloud and then patted Team Leader You"s shoulder.
"Not bad, not bad. Everyone is diligently cultivating. I wonder what this combat ability is?" After all, all of you are the elite guards of our crown prince"s residence. "
"Ouch!" The leader patted his chest and said, "Your Highness, don"t worry. My second squad is not bragging. In terms of actual combat, they are definitely one of the best guards in the crown prince"s residence.""Oh really?"
"Of course!"
"Now that you mention it, I want to see for myself." Xiang Yun looked at Captain You, his gaze implying something.
As soon as Xiang Yun spoke, this Team Leader You understood immediately. He immediately clapped his hands, attracting everyone"s attention!
"Everyone, stop! "Stop, stop!"
Everyone cast a puzzled gaze at Captain You!
The latter shouted at the top of her lungs, "Everyone, His Highness wants to see our abilities. Let"s go to the martial ring and have an arena compet.i.tion. Let His Highness see what we can do!"Everyone"s eyes lit up when they heard this. The Crown Prince had come to inspect the compet.i.tion in person, which was a rare opportunity to show himself in front of the Crown Prince.
Immediately, everyone arrived at the scene. Not far away, on a high platform.This was a martial arts practice platform specially cultivated by the crown prince"s residence. It was used for martial artists to spar with each other on a daily basis.
Captain You stood in front of the stage and explained the rules of the compet.i.tion. Only then did his eyes sweep across the crowd and ask, "Who will be the first to show their hands?"
Just as everyone was eager to give it a try, a figure had already stepped out from the crowd and stood at the top of the arena. Everyone even asked who it was. When they raised their eyes to take a look, they immediately cried out!
"Your Highness, why did you go up?"
The first person on stage was none other than the inspecting Xiang Yun!
Captain You was so shocked that his jaw almost dropped to the ground. He then said rather awkwardly, "Your Highness, it"s better to go to the bottom of the ring to watch the fight. It will be safer."
Xiang Yun said with a smile, "Who told you that I"m going to watch the battle? I"m here to personally experience it. Everyone, how are you?""How can we do that?" Of course, Captain You did not dare let them attack Xiang Yun. If anything happened to Xiang Yun, he could not afford to hold himself back.
Xiang Yun immediately frowned upon hearing this, saying, "What, don"t tell me Captain You doesn"t have confidence in your squad"s brothers? Do you think they"re useless with their pewter spearheads?"
"Your subordinate naturally didn"t mean that, but …" Captain You was in a difficult position.
"However, your subordinate is worried that all of these fellows are boorish men who didn"t take much action. What if they hurt Your Highness?"
Your subordinates really can"t afford it! "The others also nodded, confirming Captain You"s words.
Xiang Yun grinned, waving his hands as he said, "You can rest a.s.sured on this point. Worse comes to worse, we"ll set up another rule. As long as we can get the other party"s body out of the arena, we"ll consider it a win. There"s no need to fight to the death."
"This …" The team leader was still a bit hesitant, and the guards all hid their heads, not daring to step onto the stage for a long time.
Seeing everyone"s reaction, Xiang Yun seemed to have already expected it. He immediately extended his hand and raised his index finger.
"Whoever can make me fall off the stage will receive a hundred gold taels plus a Breaking Qi Pill!"
"What!"
"It"s actually a Qi Breaking Pill!"
Upon hearing the Qi Breaking Pill that Xiang Yun spoke of, the eyes of the guards who had originally been cowering in fear and not daring to step forward all shone brightly at the same time, unable to control their excitement!
The "Breaking Qi Pill" was not some ordinary healing pill. To those Cloud Realm martial artists trapped in the Seven Cloud Realm, this pill had an unimaginable significance!
The only effect of this pill was that after taking it, there was an 80% chance of breaking through the bottleneck and advancing to the Yellow Cloud Realm.Yun Li had converted the energy in his body into liquid, hence the name "Breaking Qi Pill"!
This sort of pill was just too weak for some talented Cloud Cultivators. This was because the latter didn"t need the a.s.sistance of pills to directly break through into the next stage.However, for those martial artists with limited talent and slightly mediocre talent, the Yellow Cloud Realm was a great hurdle that was difficult to cross.
Breaking Qi Pill was like a sweet rain to them. It was a miraculous medicine that helped them, a carp, to leap over the dragon gate and step into the true threshold of martial dao.
In Xiang Yun"s estate, there were many guards. Most of them had talent, and their cultivations ranged from Wuyun to Seven Cloud Martial Cultivators.
There were dozens of Seven Cloud Warriors among them. They were all trapped in the Seven Cloud Realm and had been having a hard time breaking through for many years.
Xiang Yun had offered to reward them with a Qi Breaking Pill. The temptation of this pill was irresistible to them!
Even if it was Captain You, who had half a foot into the yellow cloud realm and could break through without the a.s.sistance of the Breaking Aura Pill, his heart involuntarily trembled when he heard the words" Breaking Aura Pill "!
For a moment, everyone"s gazes turned fiery. No one would doubt Xiang Yun"s words.
Although the Qi Breaking Pill was expensive and extremely rare, it was not very precious to Xiang Yun. He naturally had the courage to reward it to them.
"Well, who dares to come up!" Xiang Yun roared, his gaze sweeping across the crowd!For a moment, everyone looked at each other, ready to make a move. However, they were still wary and did not dare to take the lead. In the end, everyone turned to Captain You to make a decision.
Seeing the imposing Xiang Yun on the high platform, Captain You could not help but think back to a few days ago, when the guards and brothers who had followed him back from the hunting grounds had mentioned this to him.
It seemed that the crown prince was a body pract.i.tioner and was not weak at all. For a moment, the worry in the latter"s heart lessened a little.
His gaze swept across the crowd and landed on the right side of the stage. A tall man with a large, black mole at the corner of his mouth was moving about. He looked like he wanted to test his pace."Flax w.a.n.g, you brat go up first and fight with the Crown Prince." Captain You instructed.
This pockmarked b.a.s.t.a.r.d was the weakest of the Second Guard. It was just that he had just broken through to the realm of a Wuyun martial artist. When Captain You sent him out to fight, it was because his cultivation was too low and he would not easily injure Xiang Yun.When he heard that his captain wanted him on stage, the tall man known as w.a.n.g Pi Zi revealed a look of pleasant surprise. Although the latter was still far from the Seven Cloud Realm, he still coveted this Breaking Qi Pill!
"Alright!"
With a sound of agreement, pockmarked w.a.n.g Zi rushed forward and with a stomp of his feet, his tall and st.u.r.dy body became like a calf as he leapt onto the arena!
The latter looked across at Xiang Yun and bowed respectfully!
"Your Highness, please forgive me. Your subordinate might be rude later!" rhododendron
Staring at Xiang Yun with a fiery gaze, the pockmarked brat thought to himself, This Breaking Qi Pill is most likely mine already!
Xiang Yun looked at the excited w.a.n.g Pi and felt the latter"s energy fluctuations. The corners of his lips curled up as he smiled and asked, "Don"t worry. May I know what cultivation you"re at, brother?"
w.a.n.g Lin cupped his hands and said, "Your Highness, I have just stepped into the Five Clouds Realm!"Xiang Yun nodded, saying to the latter, "En, good, as long as you can let me move a step, this Breaking Qi Pill will be yours."
"Huh?"
It was not only w.a.n.g Ma. When the other guards beneath the arena heard Xiang Yun"s words, their mouths gaped open, their faces filled with shock!
"Your Highness, do you mean that as long as I allow you to move a step, even if your body hasn"t left the arena, you will consider it my victory?" w.a.n.g Pi wanted to confirm if he had misunderstood something.
However, Xiang Yun still nodded.
"Hua!"
In an instant, an uproar arose everywhere. The guards below the arena began to discuss in hushed voices.
"Aiya, if it"s that simple, then even if we win, this b.a.s.t.a.r.d"s luck is too good!"
"That"s right, this brat is really lucky. Could it be that the crown prince is here to give us the pills?""Motherf * cker, if I knew earlier, I would have jumped up first."
In the eyes of the crowd, it was far too simple a move for Xiang Yun, even though it had been circulating throughout the estate recently.
He had said that the Crown Prince was a body pract.i.tioner, but since the latter hadn"t cultivated for long, his cultivation shouldn"t be too high either.
For a time, everyone"s gazes turned to naked jealousy when they looked at w.a.n.g Pai. Even Team Leader You was sighing with emotion. w.a.n.g Pi"s luck was really good.
After being stunned for a short moment, Pockmark w.a.n.g also woke up. He was so excited that his face was flushed red and his body was trembling slightly!
"This is f * cking lucky!" Flax w.a.n.g was shouting excitedly in his heart!
"Brother, if you want to receive the reward, you"ll have to let me move first." Looking at w.a.n.g Ma Zi"s flushed face, Xiang Yun jokingly smiled as he reminded him.
Upon hearing these words, pockmarked w.a.n.g Zhen"s excitement actually vanished as he revealed a trace of respect. At the same time, his aura completely exploded forth as his tall body suddenly tightened up like a cheetah, looking down upon Xiang Yun from above, looking ready to take action!